Derivatives / Succeeded by 1997 Leeuwin class Specifications 135crew 95.70length (m) 12.80beam (m) 3.81draught (m) 10000range (nm) 19max speed (knots) 3Naval Engine diesel2Naval Engine electric motors Aircraft Typical Max RAN Westland Scout 11 RAN CAC ca-32 kiowa 11 Shipyards State Dockyard - Carrington1 List of Ships Filter: AllAU - Royal Australian Navy .......... 3 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives ----RANA245Leeuwin class HMAS Leeuwin19641997RANA73HMAS MoresbyVKPM2000--RANA246Leeuwin class HMAS Melville3 units Events 1962-mayLaid downLaid down A73 HMAS Moresby 1963-sep-07LaunchedLaunched A73 HMAS Moresby 1964-mar-06CommissionedCommissioned A73 HMAS Moresby 1973-aug-13RefitRefit A73 HMAS Moresby included removal of 40mm Bofors guns and raising height of the funnel 1997-octDecommissionedDecommissioned A73 HMAS Moresby 1999Fate: transferedFate: transfered A73 HMAS Moresby Sold to Chinese businessman as a humanitarian vessel, named mv Patricia Anne Hotung